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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Madi Nuvo <mrmadinuvo@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrmadi01@163.com
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 00:05:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: How are you?


Dear Friend.

How are you with your family i hope everybody is alright.
I hope that this message might not come to you as a surprise.
I am Mr Madi Nuvo, from Burkina Faso the Director of foreign Remittance Department Bank Of Africa.( B.O.A ) here in BURKINA FASO.

There is a deceased client of our bank, who died with his wife and left the sum of $25.5M DOLLAR on the date of 1st june 2009 in Air France Flight 447, this is an operating a cheduled international passenger flight from Galeao International Airport in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, to Paris which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean.

It is true that we don't know each other, but i got your contact when I was searching for a reliable person to assist me in this lucrative venture,

I want to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free and you should not have any fear because I am here in the bank to be giving you every necessary information that will lead us to get the fund without any problem as far as you can only follow my instructions.

And also I want to use this opportunity to inform you that every arrangement about on how the fund will arrive to your country has been made waiting for your next reply before I will inform you on how we will proceed further. About the percentage of the fund, 40% will be
for you while 60% will be for me.

I made arrangement with a diplomatic courier service that will move the fund out of Burkina Faso to your country. if you are interested .let me have your information?s to furnish you with more details for a better understanding.

1. NAME IN FULL:................................

2. HOME ADDRESS: ???.....................

3. PERSONAL TELEPHONE NUMBER: ???.....

4. NATIONALITY:...................................

5. AGE:.............................................

6. Sex..............................................

7. MARITAL STATUS:..................................

8. A COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT, OR A COPY OF YOUR ID CARD.......

9. OCCUPATION:......................................

10. OFFICE ADDRESS: ???.....

11. Tel: .........................

12. Fax: .....................

The whole process is simple and we must keep a low profile at all times, As soon as I receive those information?s from you then I will direct you on what to do next ok.

Thank you.
Mr Madi Nuvo
Tel: + 226 68 27 62 71

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